St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-14
Rev. Robert Forbes and Rev. DR.. Dana Pay
Tributes to the Late Henry
Ward Beecher.
Many Dakota Legislators on Their Way
Home From Bismarck Oongre-
gate in st. Paul.
Proposed improvements in the Schooi
Houses of the City the Com
ing Season.
The Plaintiff in the Crisp Cowley
Breach CT promise Case--
GlObuleS.
..GOD PITY THEM"
HeV. Robert Forbes BreaIhcs That
Prayer for the Chicago Pastors--
RSis Estimate on Eeccher.

6eV. Robert FORBES Breiathcs has
Prayer for the Chicago Pastors
Rais Estimate OF ESeccher.
The audience room of Jackson Street NJ.
f. church was filled to overhowing last
evening. large number besides the regular
Sunday night audience attended to hear the
pastor. Dr. Robert Forbes, preach on Henry
Ward Beccher. lie selected no text, but
said he proposed to devote half an hour to
considering the lte of this great man. The
substance of his remarks is as follows:
Two weeks ago Beecher was in the pulpit;
now his dead body lies in Greenwood GENE
terry. All Such men are larger than the de-
nominations 10 which they belong. Perhaps
Beecher belonged 10 no denomination. l have
in my pocket his reasons. very carefully
written. for withdrawing tIom the orgaaiza-
tion TO VIII ch he belonged. He sets forth his
faith. and what ne shows would not disqualify
him from hecC ming 4 member OF the Mime
sofa conference OF the Methodist church.
believe he was as near to the heart Of the in
finite Christ as any preacher of his time.
must spend moment on that immortal oand
i'll Chicago who refused to send Il sympathetic
message 10 Mrs. BecCher. They gave two
reasons. One WAS the fear that they might in
dOrSc BecchprS VlcwS-It would be an I'M
prOvcmcnt on their own views TO indorSe
him The Otner was that possibly he did not
against his character. God pity Il body of mt 4
who follow i man 10 the grave with charge
like that. II Col. Ingersol were dying-a
man for whose personal character have the
greatest respect. bur none for his theology
ana YOU would vote tonight not to Sympa-
JhiZe with Mrs. IngerSoli. on would
HAVE Ny RES IGNATION
tomorrow morning. We're able would
nav Il triuute to Bcachcr's purity Of charac-
,er in which have the most profound be
,c
church, were the greatest preachers OF the
age For forty years he stood in Ply
mouth church. while one generation passed
away and another came. Have you stopped
20 think of the preachers task, of what it is
10 look his audience in the face 100 times q
YEAR He was The champion Of great re-
forms and he trampled on the restrictions of
the preacher. He believed minis
ter should first be man, and
that none of the man should
be lost in the minister, l feel
ashamed every time buy a haf-fare ticket.
] teheve it is Il certain percentage off of a
man every time he does this. We all do it,
however. laughter. l like the suggestion
that comes to us from his funeral, where
there was 10 Grape, but bouquet of flowers.
After presiding over the church for forty
wears, it is at his death. decorated as if for Il
marriage. 'Tis well. 'Tis the correct view
of immortality. Such Il man is not to be
judged by the ordinary standards. 1t is the
lot of great men TO be misunderstood by the
little fellows around them Outside the pulpit
Bcecher did Il great work in this country ana
in Europe He dared have the courage of his
convictions and was often on the unpopular
side. He was leader among such men as
Phillips and Horace Greeley. He was
an Cl timSt and believed in the ultimate
triumph of Christ In the worll. Beecher was
no theOOgian. He reVolted against Calvanlsm
ard am glad Of it. CalvaniSm is the most
n rbpOnpy world
it is not trpC, for the system baS to be SuS-
rained at any cost. We're | asked tonight
whether believed that only a few would be
saved and the rest condemned cternally, Or in
the broad Uuiversalism, it would not take me
Il moment 10 decide. This was Beecher 5
crime against theology do not mean to in
dorse all of his views. Has it ever occurred
TO yOu that we MethOdiStS are the great lib
trul church of the world. Beechers Grim g
>yaS to come over onto Methodist ground, to
have preached Arminianism where Calvaism
had been taught. The theology to which all
churches must come is that Jesus Christ must
be our creed. If You believe the book of
Matthew. or Isaiah, that is not faith in Christ
but faith in Matthew or Isaiah. 1t is not
necessary TO eat
ApOGTOR'S PRtSC sIPTtON
or thecotton sack in which the -four was
contained. | had expected to read 20 you
some Of Beecher's faith. but time fofbids. In
all aXes the outlines OF theology have been III
rhe main correct but as years pass by we
have = simpler theology. There is a state Of
mental petrificatiOn to which some people
come, so that they cannot change, cannot
learn new truth. We should pray God to
&c saved from that, and be thankful that new
truths do come. The man who breaches the
old theology has vacant seats, but # a man
preach the progressive theology the people
ae hungry to hear him. The theology OF to-
day must deal with practical questions Of the
home and the tireside. He who succeeds as
Beecher did and holds the faith of a loving.
working. personal, sympathetic Christ is
preaching theology that the world needs,
ment.